Jaques Art Center on February 8th Community Connection
Barden Heft from the Jaques Art Center was back to give updates on the All-Jaques Exhibit currently running with Block Print Collection and annual Juried Art Show coming later this Spring:
Wake The Lakes Moron Lawbreaker for the Week: “Canadian Woman Armed with Firecracker Wanted A Pizza”
A Canadian woman was arrested after going to some unbelievable lengths to get a pizza. Police in Winnipeg, Alberta say the 31-year-old walked into a restaurant holding a firecracker and demanded pizza. Workers refused to serve her and she responded by lighting the firecracker inside the restaurant. Luckily no one was hurt. But in the…
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Wake The Lakes Life Hack for the Week: Relationship Hacks to Improve Your Life This Valentine’s Day
–Send one supportive text to your partner each day. It could ask “How did your big meeting go today?” or state “Just wanted to tell you I’m thinking of you while you’re in your interview!” Not only do these make your partner feel great, they encourage you to know what’s going on in each other’s…
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Wake the Lakes “DIMWIT-ZZZZ-DUMB for the Day”
–If James Bond is the most famous spy, wouldn’t that also make him the worst spy? –If they mounted garbage trucks with cameras, you could update Google Maps street view every week. –Math is the only place where someone would buy 60 watermelons and 40 cantaloupes, and no one asks any questions. –Batman would look…
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Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “School Worker Charged With Stealing $1.5 Million Worth Of Chicken Wings”
(Harvey, IL) — A food service director is being accused of stealing one-and-a-half million dollars worth of chicken wings from a Chicago-area school district. Vera Liddell is accused of ordering more than eleven-thousand cases of the wings from the district’s food provider before picking them up in a district cargo van. Court records say the…
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Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Girls Basketball Coach plays in place of 13-year-old”
An assistant girls’ basketball coach at a high school in Virginia has been fired after the 22-year-old woman put on a uniform and played in place of a 13-year-old member of the team. Churchland High School in Portsmouth, Virginia says the 13-year-old girl was out of town and unable to make the junior varsity game,…
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Aitkin Community Education on January 31st Community Connection
Lara Parkin and Rocco DiPaolo on behalf Aitkin Community Education spoke about upcoming programming that will connection youth with older generation thanks for grant funding from the Northland Foundation, where you can find out more on Community Education, and the how Ag Programming through Aitkin High Schools has great benefits for students as well as…
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Wake the Lakes Moron Lawbreaker for the Week: “San Diego man parks stolen car, falls asleep in front of Police Station”
A San Diego man was arrested after he stole a car, parked it in front of the police station, and then fell asleep in the driver’s seat. Cops with the San Diego Traffic Division noticed a car parked in a handicapped spot and saw a man sleeping behind the wheel. A check of the license…
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Aitkin County CARE on January 26th Community Connection
Aitkin County CARE soon-to-retire Program Director Mike Eisenbraun and new Program Director Holly Amundson talked about upcoming exercise classes, “Donuts with Dawn” meetings talking about scams, and more:
Wake the Lakes DIMWIT-ZZZZ-DUMB for the Day”
–We are the last generation that knows what life was like BEFORE social media. –Anybody that questions why you are shoveling 6 inches of snow in the *middle* of a snowstorm hasn’t shoveled 12 inches of snow at the end of a snowstorm. –Extra fries in your bag is going to become a thing of…
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